>Oh no, not again. The so called "memory" effect is mostly myth or >misunderstanding. The true "memory" effect has only be documented in >sattelites that were discharged precisely to the same point (by >computer) every day. When they tried to reprogram the computer and use >more of the batteries capacity they discovered that the batteries >remembered the previous point and wouldn't work past it. >
This mantra is essentially devoid of information. How about all those expensive Nicads that are not warranted against "memory" effect, that ends up eating expensive holes in camcorder owners' pockets? It will ruffle less feathers to call it "ED" effect (early death). I had a rechargeable flashlight that I personally witness "ED" effect on. Whenever someone said "m****y" effect, it would bring all the opinionated Internet geeks out of the woodwork to correct them. It didn't fix my battery. Repeated zaps with a large capacitor burned a hole in the top, but fixed it temporarily. Dendrite perforated separator. Too hard for the geeks. Just call it "ED" to placate them. ... > >Saft requires you to have a charger that meets certain criteria or they >won't honor their warranty, so it should happen with their cells >anyway. > Besides I don't think flooded nicads have this problem (but I could be >wrong). The main criteria are temperature and overcharge control, which address the "ED" effect. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
